Angle or joint bar for insulated railway rail joints



June 17, 1930 J HA N 1,764,563

ANGLE OR JOIN'I BAR FOR INSULATED RAILWAY RAIL JOI-NTS Filed June 22, 1929 plates and which, while holding the ties surfaces of thefinnen portions of the base- 6 40 B designate the meeting ends of a pair of to the meeting ends of the rails. The limitedgn Patented June 17', 1930 s T i V v HANS J; HAUSKEN, or Mines, MQNTAN'A ANGLE R JOINT BAR) FOR INSULATED R LWAY RAIL JOIN'rs Application filed June 22, 1,929, 'ism-mine,372,921.- i

This invention relates to railway rail are greater in width thanthe corresponding I joints of the insulated type, and more par parts of the angle orjointcbarsnow in use.

ticularly to the angle bars of such joints. The base flanges 1 extend fora considerable The invention has for one of its objects to distance laterally beyond the bases of the 5 improve angle or joint bars of this character 1 rails A and B, and they gradually decrease 55 to the end that their tendency to surface cut in thickness in the direction of their outer the ties, their tendency toslide freely with longitudinaledges. Q The outer portions of respect to the ties, and their tendency to pera the base, flanges 1 are corrugated or waved mit the ties to become laterally displaced, transversely toprovide recesses 4 forthe rewill be overcome. ceptionfiofthe ties ,Gthat are'arranged at 60 The invention has for a further object to vopposite sides of the, meeting ends oftherails, provide angle or joint bars of the character A and B. The {tie receiving recesses 4 are stated which shall be adapted to be firmly provided with flatjupper surfaces or tie seatsl secured to the ties without the aid of tie fiwhicharearranged in the plan Oftl'lelOWel against lateral displacement, will permit flanges 1. I I I them to have a limited lateral movement with Two ties are used to support an insulated respect thereto. joint, and these ties are arranged atopposite To attain the foregoing and other ob ects, sides of the meeting ends. of the rails. a the nature of which will appear as the de- In order to insure the propersupporting of 70 scription proceeds, the invention oomprethe joint so as to prevent displacement of the hends the provision of angle or joint bars of insulation or destructive strain thereon, it is the character stated which shall embody base necessary that the ties be ,mai'nta-ined in flanges of increased width and having their proper spaced relation to the meeting ends, outer or remote edges corrugated or waved of the rails. Angle or joint bars'of the conv7Z transversely to provide tie receiving recesses. struction now in use will'not maintain the The invention is hereinafter more fully ties in proper place, and furthermore they described and claimed, and illustrated in the have a tendency to surface cut and slide accompanying drawings, wherein freely with respect to the ties; I v Figure '1 is a top plan view of an insulated My angle or j oint'bars overcome these ob 180 railway? rail joint embodying angle or joint jections. The increased width of their lower j bars constructed in accordance with my inor tie contracting-surfaces prevents them vention; from surface cutting the ties, and also pre- Figure 2 is a view in side elevation of the vents them from having anytilting move- I joint; and ment on the ties. The seats 5 rest upon the 35 Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the ties. The downwardly extending portions" vertical plane indicated by the line 8-8 of at opposite sides of the seats, while permit- Figure 2. ting limited lateral movement of theties,

Referring in detail to the drawing, A and hold them against displacement with respect railway rails. C and D designate the angle movement permittedthe ties results from the bars of an insulated joint for the rails A and fact that the upper or tie engaging surfaces B. E designates thebolts by which the angle of the recesses are slightly wider than the, or joint bars C and D are secured in applied ties. Furthermore, the waving or corrugat- PfiSltlOn, and Fdesignates the insulation of ing of the outer portions of the base flanges the joint. I I r of the angleorjointbars, to provide the tie The angle or joint bars 0 and D are 811114 receiving recesses, materially strengthens ilar, and each comprises a base flange 1, a and reinforces the bars. I The inner portions I foot flange 2 and a web flange 3. In accord of the base flanges 1 are uninterrupted and 50 ance with my invention, the base flanges 1 straight throughout the r entire length so as to provide a highly elficient support for the rails and insulation, particularly at the meeting ends of the rails.

'l/Vhile I have described the principle of the invention together with the structure which I now consider the preferred embodiment thereof, it is to be understood that the structure shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made, when desired, as fall Within the scope of the invention as claimed, i

I claim I Angle or joint bars for an insulated railway rail joint provided with base flanges having inner and outer portions, said inner portions being adapted to underlie rail bases and being uninterrupted and straight throughout their entire length, said outer portions being adapted to be located wholly and laterally beyond therail bases and trans versely corrugated to provide tie seats at opposite sides of the longitudinal centers of the bars and to provide downwardly extending 7 tie retaining portions between and laterally beyond the seats, said seats being wider than the usual ties, and said seats being alined with the lower surfaces of said inner portions.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

, HANS J. HAUSKEN, 

